August 2012
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What's Coming in v0.9?
Poll notifications (we attempted to do push, but it’s currently impossible with Twitter’s new API restrictions. Poll can poll Twitter’s servers every 5 minutes, if needed).
Expandable notifications for Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) users.
Username auto-completion in the Tweet composer
Contact syncing (Twitter contacts can be synced with the People app)
Font size customization!
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July 2012
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Why Boid will not be compatible with Android 2.3...
Last month, we announced that we would attempt to make Boid compatible with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. We attempted to do so, we got the action bar working with ActionBarSherlock, how ever we ran into a huge array of other problems. These problems include small little functions that you never would expect to have been introduced after Gingerbread (with Honeycomb or ICS), functions which are...
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What's going on with notifications?
A lot of people are wondering what’s going on with notifications in Boid, it seems like we’ve been delaying it for a while. We’ve been waiting for weeks (maybe even a month) for Twitter to respond to our request for access to Twitter site streams (https://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-apis/streams/site), and at this point it doesn’t seem like they ever will.
Many...
v0.8.1.2 -- Small Bug Fix Update
The timeline refreshing bug is fixed (everytime the timeline screen is gone back to it refreshed).
Lockerz (a.k.a Plixi) image preview support
Un-attaching media in the Tweet composer now works again
The Tweet composer doesn’t display the account switcher in the action bar if the user only has 1 account added
The Tweet viewer now displays the correct profile picture when viewing...
Small Bug Fix Update -- v0.8.1.1
This is the change log that’s also displayed in the Google Play Store:
This is not the big upcoming update (v0.8.2, this is just a small bug fix update).
Important bug fixes (nearby column, media timeline, etc.)
View conversation button in Tweet viewer moved to overflow, swipe gesture is still supported (the glowing is a hint).
Improved default profile picture image (while profile...
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June 2012
2 posts
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New Features and Improvements in v0.8.1 Beta
This post will be updated as new features are added to the upcoming update that will be released when it’s ready.
Push notifications (instant notifications for mentions and direct messages). It’s taking a while for Twitter to give us access to site streams so we’ll push an update without it soon.
Tweet composition, along with media attaching, has been improved.
The ability to...
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Boid v0.8.0.7 Changelog
Very important bug fixes, such as the ‘No tweets’ bug and the conversation view not working.
Adaption to system theme (e.g. in CyanogenMod or AOKP) color schemes.
Many UI improvements and fixes.
New tweet composition system.
More services supported for media attachment.
New settings in the preferences screen.
Sharing via Boid now works (text and images).
And more, check it...
May 2012
1 post
Boid Pre-Beta Public Release
Today we are announcing the public release of Boid Beta. We will be releasing the major release in the Google Play Store as a new app with a different name. The current Alpha will receive an update with a prompt to update to the new Beta — and you should want to update! We have a whole host of new features ready.
The Pre-Beta build includes all the features our private testers have had...
April 2012
10 posts
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Update v0.7.16
FIXED: Sharing via Boid from external apps works again.
NEW: UI translation updates.
IMPROVED: Memory handling for images, no more out of memory errors.
NEW: Location map in tweet composer when attaching your location.
NEW:Clicking image in tweet viewer shows the media in full screen.
FIXED: Newer icon is shown in action bar.
COMING SOON: Push notifications are coming soon.
Many severe bug...
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What's New?
We’ve been forgetting to post about our previous updates, but we’ve had around 4-5 updates since the ones previously posted about. These updates include:
Many bug fixes.
Location and favorited indicators in tweet lists.
Location viewing in the tweet viewer using embedded Google Maps.
The top action bar is back in the tweet and profile viewers, along with the home button on the top...
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Update v0.7.15.3
A new light theme!
Improved column management— instead of a separate screen, you can add and remove columns from the options in the menu on the timeline screen.
Hugely improved search interface, with new method of initializing search, and new options within the search screen.
Interface translation updates (from GetLocalization).
Many important bug fixes and UI improvements.
Saved list...
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What's With All These Little Updates?
We’ve been pushing out small updates very frequently lately, the reason for this is that we (or our users) find some severe bugs that need to be fixed ASAP, and would make the app look bad to new users ;) However the updates not only contain bug fixes, but also new features and interface tweaks here and there.
We just pushed v0.7.15.23 Alpha now, see the change log on Google Play for...
Update v0.7.15.2
Bug fixes.
New app icon.
Re-did the tab icons, but columns can be switched to text in the settings.
UI improvements (including updated action bar icons in the profile screen).
Interface translation updates (from http://getlocalization.com/Boid).
Feature updates coming soon.
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Update v0.7.15.1
This was a pretty unexpected update, even for us, but it includes the following:
Bug fixes for v0.7.14
New settings screen!
Option to toggle off iconic tabs and display text instead.
Localization updates (from GetLocalization)
What To Expect In v0.7.2
Improved search interface.
Improved settings interface.
An option to turn off iconic tabs and display text instead .
Improved direct message composition interface.
Improved list position save support when going in and out of timeline screen (e.g., to the tweet viewer and back). This doesn’t include killing and app and coming back, for now.
A new icon that follows the guidelines closely.
Bug...
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Update v0.7.1, What's New?
Support for languages on http://getlocalization.com/Boid.
A complete makeover, with iconic tabs.
Combined streams for multiple accounts.
Pull to refresh is replaced with a refresh button.
Themes are temporarily removed, they’ll come back in the future.
Holding a tweet shows contextual action bar.
Twtmore for posting long tweets over 140 characters.
When you attempt to access...
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When's v0.7 Alpha Coming?
Many people have been asking us when our next update will be coming and we’ve given estimates but no specific date. Our coder, Aidan, has been working very hard to add our new combined streams function and pull out some severe bugs. We are happy to say Boid v0.7 Alpha will be published to Google Play some time this week.
Be patient guys, and make sure you follow us on Twitter!
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Where's the update?
If you have been following us on Twitter recently, you may be aware that the latest update of Boid has been delayed. We let you all know that our Lead Developer’s computer wasn’t working. After such a delay we believe we owe you all a full explanation. [[MORE]]
Our Lead Developer, Aidan, writes Boid on his laptop, a Dell Inspiron 1440. His laptop has been giving grief for some time...
March 2012
3 posts
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Simplicity
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” — Leonardo da Vinci #Boid #Android
— Boid for Android (@boidapp) March 26, 2012
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Update: 0.6991
The latest update of Boid includes the following improvements:
- Support for even more languages; now over 15. See getlocalization.com/boid for full details.
- Full twtmore support for posting tweets over 140 characters.
- Twtmore tweets are expanded in the tweet viewer screen.
- Many very important bug fixes.[[MORE]]
Here’s an example of a twtmore Tweet from Boid:
Lorem ipsum dolor...
